Don't be put off with the whole quilter's material thing. True to your roots went out when the sewing machine was invented and busniess men set up swetshops. After that quilts were no longer for keeping people warm in beds but for show. Before that fabrics used were as inexpensive as possible. Some traditions, such as what passed in superiorly impovished areas, and this was not for show but to keep warm during the winter was taking apart clothes and pieceing them together has almost died out now. That was the birth if the scrap, and crazy quilt. My mother's mother one winter took all the wool winter coats her children had grown out of and made a couple of quilts from them. She tied them and used the lining to bind them.
When quilting came from England wool and silk were the fabrics of choice.
Personally I pefer the 60%cotton & 40% polyester blend I can get from sheets. I get more fabric for the money, but I've also used the mixed blend of fabric on the five yards for five dollars bolts, and the 100%cotton.
Use what you want and be happy. I've got four quilts and counting people are asking me to make.